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26th April. — Fine. Clearing wreck, heaving cargo overboard, and fitting 

 jurymasts and sails. Ship drifted about 13 miles to the N. N. E. 



27th April.— Noon, Lat. Obs. 12° 47' N.; Long. 88° 47' East; clearing 

 wreck and rigging jurymasts. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Atiet Rohoman, Capt. Burn, from Cal- 

 cutta to Mauritius. Civil Time. 



23rd April.— At Noon, Lat. 17° 6' North; Long. 88° 54' East. p. m. to 

 midnight, light airs from North to E. N. E. and gloomy weather. 



24th April. — To Noon the same weather, wind light at N. E. Lat. Acct. 

 16° 25' N. ; Long. 87° 54' East. Sunset breeze increasing from N. E. to 6 

 knots. Ship steering to the S. W. b. S. ; at 8, Bar. 29.75; midnight fresh 

 breeze, the same ; Bar. 29.75. 



25th April. — To Noon breeze increasing from N. E. b. N. with squalls and 

 rain ; at 8 a. m. all preparations for bad weather and hove to. Noon heavy 

 gusts, Bar. from 29.75; at 4 a. m. to 29.57 at Noon. Wind veering occasion- 

 ally to N. b. E. and N. \ E.* but for no length of time. Position as estimated 

 by Capt. Burn at Noon Lat. 14° 24'; Long. 85° 38' East; p. m. Bar. 29.55 

 to 5 p. m. when gradually rising to 29.60 at Midnight. Wind N. N. E.; at 1 

 p. m. North ; at 4, N. N. W. ; at 6, N. West ; at 8, when she bore up N. W. ; 

 N. W. b. W. at 9, and W.N. W. at 11 p. m. Midnight gale decreasing 

 and fine. 



26th April. — Fine breeze from West and W. b. N. Lat. at Noon 12° 49' N. 

 Long. 85° 55' East; Bar. 29.60 at 3 a. m. and 29.70 at Noon. 



Ship John Macvicar, Capt. N. MacLeod, from Calcutta bound to 



Liverpool. 



I have not obtained this vessel's entire log, but an extract of it for 

 12 hours with a description of the hurricane appeared in a Liverpool 

 paper and was copied into those of Calcutta. Omitting the letter to the 

 Editor, &c. which accompanies it, the following is the log as given, 

 with such additional information as can be gleaned from the description. 

 This log is evidently kept in Civil Time. 



* A good instance of incurving. 



